intermodal
nounEtymology From inter- + modal.
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A shipping container for intermodal use.
intermodal
adjEtymology From inter- + modal.
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Relating to more than one mode of transport.
- an intermodal station which provides transfers between buses and trains
- Boxes from Southampton: In September, GB Railfreight began a new intermodal service from Solent Stevedores to Manchester. [...] This is the third daily working GBRf offers serving Southampton and GBRf's 17th intermodal service to date; it runs five days per week.2019 October, Steve Stubbs (photo caption), “New GBRf intermodal service”, in Modern Railways, page 20:
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- It created inter-city and intermodal services, which were genuinely world leading. And it undeniably pushed British Railways into the modern era.2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 49:
- Derived terms
- intermodally
- Related terms
- balanced transportation, containerised, intermodalism, transloading, transshipment